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[littledcsrodshop]

Have you got a chance to get the boat back in the water yet ?
I hope you got your glitches straightened out , it seems that those things always take a little time to get straightend out.

It would be nice if this stuff just went togather in "real" life like it does in theory but then if that was the case everybody would be a hotrodder !

[martins custom marin]

Originally Posted by littledcsrodshop

Have you got a chance to get the boat back in the water yet ?
I hope you got your glitches straightened out , it seems that those things always take a little time to get straightend out.

It would be nice if this stuff just went togather in "real" life like it does in theory but then if that was the case everybody would be a hotrodder !

only had one chance to get back to the lake started to open it up blew a powersteering line then it rained for a week. almost lost the boat to a tornado friday 150yards is way to close for me and I will take tornado warnings seriously after this weekend

[martins custom marin]

Originally Posted by wieland77

You said your x-dimension is 6" right? Just wondering waht prop you are using and at what rpms. I have the red 87 28 and rebuilt my motor last year. Turned 500HP and 525 FPT on the dyno. I am running low 60's with a deep drive (7 1/2" x) with a 25' mirage. Curious to see what you can do with probabbly a little more HP then me with a shorter drive... HAVE FUN! MIKE.

have you considered going to hot boat weekend at hardy dam its less than two weeks away. if you are we should hook up id like to check your boat out

[littledcsrodshop]

Originally Posted by martins custom marin

only had one chance to get back to the lake started to open it up blew a powersteering line then it rained for a week. almost lost the boat to a tornado friday 150yards is way to close for me and I will take tornado warnings seriously after this weekend

Wow ! I hate to hear about the power steering line but I am glad to hear everything was fine with the tornado. 150 Yards is Way to close for anything in the path of that. I know you guys have been having some serious weather in that part of the country. It has been extreamly hot here & we need some of that rain you guys have been getting. Again glad to hear everything is ok.

[martins custom marin]

finally no intr or compu problems. boat is running 68 smooth water and a tank of gas, a little prop work and some chop I hope to see 70at least theres all winter to think about it

[littledcsrodshop]

Glad to hear that that everything went well. How much fuel were you carrying ? What kind of RPM were you turning & what prop ?

Yeah i guess winter is not far from ariving on you northernews ! It has cooled off a bit here & I am actually enjoying it for once , maybee that is a sign of getting older. lol.....

I am about to head down to the shop & do alittle cleaning up around N.E. As some of you know I have been gathering parts this summer for the boat & I have pretty much everything for the boat to rig it either with twin small blocks or with big single power... I am just about to finish up a 10 month project on a buddy's 69 Z28.. It has taken up pretty much most of my project time since I started it ( other than some time I got to enjoy the Pantera this summer before stripping it , So I havn't been completly boatless ) The Saber is Next !!! Which actually worked out really good because as I said I got to do some boating this summer & It will give me this winter to work on the Saber with No rushes
which is how I want it !

Here is a pic. of the Z28 taken from my phone last week. The car will be Hugger Orange ( as you see ) with black stripes. What you are seeing is actually what I am using as sealer. That will be painted over in a couple more weeks with PPG DBC basecoat & 2021 clearcoat with the stripes burried underneeth. I know this isn't a classic car forum but I know we are all hotrodderes around here & we love pictures so....

[littledcsrodshop]

I know its not directly Saber progress but it is progress in that direction.

Here is a pic. I took today of the 69 Z28 that has been taking the better part of my spare time... It is finished !!!

[ctadams21]

Very Nice! Does it have the original DZ 302?

CTA

[littledcsrodshop]

It is an actual Z28 ( not a clone ) & he has the original 302 sitting in his garage.

at the current time it has alittle more HP in it. The car has a pretty cool history. He has owned the car for 30 years & back in the 80's it seen its fair share of late night street races. My father painted the car for him 21 years ago & this time it was my turn at it. So that is pretty cool to me b/c as a kid I always heard stories of this car & how bad it was. It also managed to survive a complete house burnout several years ago thanks to a quick thinking "carnut" fireman.

We gave the current motor alittle attention to this time around with a fresh set of RHS 235cc heads , a set of 1.6 rockers replacing the 1.5's & a new large single plain intake to fit with the heads. He took the 302 out several years ago so he wouldn't hurt it , but has it if he ever wants to put it back in the car. However the car Is Not & Will Not be forsale as long as he is kicking so it makes more sense & alot more fun with the current set-up.

[Jigsaw89]

That's one of my favorite American muscle cars... looks great!